Does Tencent have anything to do with how shitty this game is?

newb slayer·Nov 26, 2018·3 votes·1,224 views

I know that Tencent acquired Riot back in 2011, but are they a factor to why this game is going down the shitter?

14 Comments

saltranNov 26, 20184 votes

Yes, Tencent employers read the NA Gameplay Boards usually and they are really concerned about the state of the game.

Death by GlamourNov 26, 20181 votes

https://www.altchar.com/games-news/577686/league-of-legends-revenue-falls-lower-than-wows

SuperData did state that the earnings are 21 per cent lower than they were in August 2017

I think they will be quite concerned

IllabetheNov 26, 20185 votes

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https://www.altchar.com/games-news/577686/league-of-legends-revenue-falls-lower-than-wows

SuperData did state that the earnings are 21 per cent lower than they were in August 2017

I think they will be quite concerned

I think any parent company is concerned for its subsidiary products, but there are two major problems with your post:

Tencent has not released a Riot Balance sheet since 2016, so all game data sites are arbitrarily "guessing."
The gaming portfolio only makes up about 10% of Tencent's holdings. A drop in revenue for Riot games is the equivalent of a drop in revenue for Tencent of 1% (23 Billion revenue company annually, Gaming = 10% holdings, and they have 2 proprietary games, DFO and League. League makes about half the gaming portfolio revenue, so it's about 5% of Tencent's Revenue. 21% reduction in revenue off 5% = about 1%)

Companies expect product maturity, and a $2.1 Billion revenue cap isn't a bad place to start a decline. It will likely take a decade before the revenue loss is significant enough not to cover overhead to maintain and improve the game. That's a lot of time to figure out if they can actually fix consumer satisfaction with this game, or release another game to take its place (or both).

Notice I say fix "consumer satisfaction" not "the game." In all likelihood, what is broken with the game is NOT the game itself, but consumer satisfaction with it. As their enjoyment declines, they adversely affect other players far more than a change in champion balance or runes. Customers also have some inelasticity in what specific model of a product they are confident and find utility, and the current league, while it may satisfy newer players, it's starting to alienate old ones, who want an older product.

You can fix some consumer satisfaction with skins, gameplay updates or reversions, but in reality, sometimes what's gone is gone. The question is...... can Tencent replace it. We'll have to see.

UnboundHadesNov 26, 20182 votes

how exactly do they get this information besides random guesses?

Death by GlamourNov 26, 20181 votes

from tencent themselves...

they do show quarterly financial reports

saltranNov 26, 20183 votes

Hello, this is a Tencent emplyer account:

To fix League of Legends all I need is your credit card number, the expiration month and year, and the three digits on the back.

Edge of DaybreakNov 26, 20181 votes

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Hello, this is a Tencent emplyer account:

To fix League of Legends all I need is your credit card number, the expiration month and year, and the three digits on the back.

Do you need my social security number too? Asking for a friend

BlåbæretNov 26, 20183 votes

It's quite possible. WoW also started tanking hard after Activi$ion acquired Blizzard. Companies these days want to generate quick profit which does not pay off in the long run. Usually they buy a company, drain it for whatever capital there is, then throws it into the garbage can. As long as they've made a profit they don't give two shits. It's very likely that's what we're seeing with Riot right now.

IllabetheNov 26, 20185 votes

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It's quite possible. WoW also started tanking hard after Activi$ion acquired Blizzard. Companies these days want to generate quick profit which does not pay off in the long run. Usually they buy a company, drain it for whatever capital there is, then throws it into the garbage can. As long as they've made a profit they don't give two shits. It's very likely that's what we're seeing with Riot right now.

You didn't even read the initial Post. Tencent has owned Riot in its entirety since its public inception. They were also a 60% Angel investor in the initial Riot Project. For all intents and purposes, Tencent IS the Developer. There's not some late Acquisition company.

BlåbæretNov 26, 20181 votes

IllabetheNov 26, 20184 votes

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You're talking as if Tencent bought Riot recently and somehow bought it to scrap and profiteer off its corpse. That's not what happened. They were in on League of Legends from its design stages. They have an investment in its success.

mack9112Nov 26, 20183 votes

The game isn't shitty that is your opinion.

My opinion is that the game is in a good spot.

ViciousSummonerNov 26, 20181 votes

Who to blame for the current state of League of Lego's:

Tencent: The guys who keep chucking out cash grabs like there's no tomorrow.

Rito Smol Indie Company: The guys who blatantly don't give two shits anymore about game balance.

That should solve your dilemma.

dramenbejsNov 26, 20181 votes

Yes it has, league is now targeting chinesse/korean players only, thats why there are so many childish champions coming out, lots of mobility and the game is no more fun tbh, except for slant-eyed guys that fap to hentais/anime stuff and love epileptic sh1t. I miss old but gold, american Riot Games.